Feta & Honey Puff Pastries 

I’ve received so much great feedback on these flakey Feta pastries. They are such a crowd pleaser. The cheese filling ingredients come together in minutes and the shaping is very easy with no fiddly bits. 

Baked savory pastries with sesame seeds on parchment-lined baking tray.

Feta

When you’re crumbling your cheese do it really well, squash it and squeeze it to get it as smooth as possible.

Pine nuts

I’ve included Pine nuts into these because I adore them but if you’ve got a nut allergy, don’t like them or just don’t have any you can easily leave them out.

Preparation ingredients for a dish include eggs, shredded cheese, chopped green onions, parsley, pine nuts, sesame seeds, ricotta cheese, and puff pastry sheet packaging on a wooden surface.

Eggs

I always use a yolk for brushing the pastry it gives it a great puff and a nice golden crunch finish, I mix the white part into the mixture as well as the extra egg because I can’t stand waste.

If you have an egg allergy or don’t like them add a little more mozzarella to hold the mixture together and brush with some milk mixed with a dash of honey.

Bowl with grated cheese, pine nuts, green herbs, and chopped green onions.

Filling

Use your hands if you can to really mix and squeeze the ingredients together, it makes it easier to spread on the pastry (I use the back of a spoon) it helps it stay in place when you’re rolling the pastry up and makes for a smoother filling.

Hands rolling dough with a filling mixture on parchment paper

Shaping

Start by folding the edge inwards and then roll it up like a cinnamon roll as tight as you can. Press it down once rolled to create a more flat shape and use a sharp created knife to cut the pastries.

Hand slicing rolled dough with knife on parchment paper

Freezing

Freeze once cut and prepped, brush egg yolk just before cooking and cook from frozen. Add approx 5 min to cooking time.

Baking tray with uncooked pastry rolls brushed with egg wash
Baked pastries topped with sesame seeds on a baking tray with parchment paper.
Homemade pastries with sesame seeds on baking tray

Feta & Honey Puff Pastries

Prep Time:
15 minutes 

Cooking Time:
35 minutes 

Ingredients

  • 1 x sheet puff pastry

    Filling:

  • 200g x feta crumbled well 

  • 100g x Grated Mozzarella 

  • 4-5 spring onions chopped 

  • 30g x pine nuts 

  • Chopped parsley 

  • 2 x eggs, 1 separated. White in the cheese mix and yolk aside for brushing the pastry

  • Sesame seeds 

  • Honey 

  1. Pre-heat oven to 180C

  2. Line a baking tray with parchment paper 

  3. Mix all the filling ingredients well including the egg white 

  4. Roll out your pastry dough and spread the mixture all over, smooth it down (it’s easier to roll) 

  5. Roll in up as shown in video (like a cinnamon roll) press down the top of it all along the way gently to flatten it slightly.

  6. Cut slices about 2 inches wide, you should make 10-11 pastries. Mix the yolk with a tsp of milk and brush the tops and sides of the pastry, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake for 34-36 minutes. Even if it looks cooked hang in there for a better bake so the inside and bottom are crispy and flakey. 

  7. As soon as they’re out of the oven drizzle some honey over them (quite generously).

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